Restaurant in a La Jolla Beach Cottage - The Brockton Villa, originally a residence built over 100 years ago, is now a restaurant overlooking La Jolla Cove. It is open to public dining and private parties.

Best Restaurants in Town - This is one of the best short lists of San Diego's top restaurants. Excellent cuisine is emphasized over ambiance but many restaurants listed provide both.

Chuao Chocolate - Combine French training and world's finest cocoa from Venezuela and you get the world's best chocolate made in Encinitas.

Visit a Winery With a Car Museum - This winery not only has great wines but displays more than a hundred cars in its museum. Definitely not your ususal winery.

Take a Wine Tasting Llama Trek - If you're up to walking about 4 miles, take this four-hour llama trek (they carry your lunch) for a wine tasting and picnicing treat. Start at the Wikiup Bed and Breakfast, trek to the Menghini Winery, and back.

Watch Flamenco or Tango Dancing - Sunday nights - Tango, and Friday and Saturday nights - Flamenco. Check show times; the dinner and show is a fixed price package.

Eat in Little Italy - Restaurants and bakeries line the streets of Little Italy. The 7th Annual Columbus Day Festa, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2001, will be held in the heart of Little Italy. Our favorite family-run restaurant in Little Italy is Mona Lisa, 2061 India Street.

Eat 50's Style on a Pier - The Oceanside Pier stands still in time. Ruby's diner at the end of the pier remains in the style of the 1950's, fishing from the pier is a daily event, and a 25 cent shuttle will carry you back and forth.